Legal Software and Information Technology for Irish firms
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The descriptions below are based mainly on the information provided by the suppliers themselves.
Last updated on April 4th.
Adeo Legal Technology provides specialised information
technology advice and services to the legal profession and government agencies. Adeo has operated in Dublin
since 1992 providing quality litigation support services in both Ireland and the UK. The London office was
established in 2002 to better service the needs of a growing client base. Both offices are staffed by a
dedicated team of consultants who travel extensively within Ireland, the UK and mainland Europe depending
upon the location of a project. They assist law firms in trial preparation and trial presentation
and can assist with the collection and exchange of discoverable materials in electronic format.
Adeo provides hard copy document processing (scanning, indexing, coding and printing) and electronic
document processing (email processing, e-document processing), as well as litigation support software
and training, litigation support consultants and project managers.
AM Systems
based in Belfast, sell, implement and support the AlphaLAW Legal Accounting &
Practice Management Systems throughout Ireland. The family of AlphaLAW systems
caters for the requirements of small, medium and large firms.
The AlphaLAW Esprit encompasses full accounting, time recording, document production
and diary/task management and is targeted at the small to medium sized firm.
The AlphaLAW Vantage includes full accounting facilities and provides a
comprehensive practice management system with full integration throughout
the application. The AlphaLAW Vantage system is targeted at the medium to large firm.
There are more than 200 sites locally in Ireland and in excess of 1600 in the UK.
See also information on AlphaLAW and MSS
here.
Axxia is a leading UK supplier with a
range of software called Arista. There are
also 20 Arista users in Eire and 2 in Northern Ireland using the
full range of Axxia FED and Case Manager software.
See main entry for Axxia here.
blueChip Technologies is the largest voice
recognition company in Ireland. Based in
Belfast, blueChip works with leading digital dictation and speech
recognition software providers G2 Speech, Philips Speech Processing and
Scansoft. They are the only Philips Technical Business Partner in
Ireland and have alliances with Aculab, Speech Works and Nuance (the
largest worldwide players in speech and voice recognition).
blueChip has a range of solicitors practices successfully using digital
dictation and speech recognition both in Northern Ireland and the ROI.
eXpd8 Ltd provides Case & Practice Management solutions to the
Irish legal industry. eXpd8 has been designed for solicitors by solicitors.
It is a software interface that brings all a firm's client information into
one central, searchable, easy to use screen providing up to the minute client and
case information. This means that clients will get the information they want, when they want it.
You can request a demo from the comfort of your own desk.
Fanore Software, based in Fanore, County Clare,
provide publishing and management tools. In particular, they offer a simple web management suite
suitable for the legal profession that combines easy to use
content production tools requiring basic computer skills (word processing etc.) and a full auditing trail
that enables suitably qualified personel to review and approve content changes before they are
published online. They also provide a range of document indexing and retrieval services that can be used
on an intranet. Clients include Simon McAleese, The Planning Tribunal, The Moriarty
Tribunal and the Morris Tribunal.
Contact David Kelly.
Harvest Software (formerly known as
Rodine Software Systems) is based in Waterford.
There is an accounts system and a case diary system integrated
with it. The systems are written in a Sage development language called Retrieve 4GL.
Harvest Law is currently installed in just
over 250 solicitors offices in both the Republic and Northern Ireland. There is now a
new, fully Windows accounts system, called Harvest Law for Windows.
Keyhouse is based in County Wicklow.
Contact Brian Sweeney, 01 204 0020, email brian@keyhouse.ie.
They supply an accounts system called SAM3 which is a good modern Windows-based system. There
are around 120 legal firms in Ireland using the system including some large ones. They
have recently taken over a case management system supplier called Lawsoft and there are
plans under way to integrate the two systems.
Lawsoft is a case management system recently taken over by Keyhouse - see above.
Legal & General Software, based in Dublin, provide
Lex Solicitor Accounts Software. This is compliant with Revenue and Law Society Regulations, but above all
is easy to use and is supported by experienced Accounts personnel.
There are now Users in every County in Ireland.
They also supply Legal Precedent Software together with Computerised Requisitions On Title.
Legal & General Software are also the main suppliers of customized Accounts Software for Barristers.
Legal Evolve from Documatics is Case Management Software –
Designed for Solicitors by Solicitors. The system stores all the details gathered about a particular case
in one centralised location. All of the necessary information can be easily retrieved at the click of a button.
Storing all the information for a case in one convenient and central location allows your office to manage and
organise data more efficiently. Multiple users can work on the one case in concurrence, and the CheckIn/CheckOut
facility ensures that no one’s work is overridden.
It has been created through years of experience in the legal industry.
Legal IT is based in Dublin and Cork and is a
reseller in Ireland of TFB's "Partner for Windows" suite. TFB is probably the largest UK provider
of legal systems with around 1,000 firms using their systems. Legal IT's directors include Irish solicitor Frank Lanagan and
three legal software experts. See also notes on TFB.
Opsis Ltd are an Irish company with offices
in Dublin & Belfast and have been providing software solutions to the legal sector in Ireland for over 20 years.
In that time OPSIS have established themselves as the number one provider of case management systems in
Northern Ireland and have a fairly substantial share of the market within the Republic of Ireland. OPSIS have a
client base of over 800 law firms throughout Ireland and the UK.
OPSIS now offers legal accounts as well as case management software with product solutions available for
sole practitioners to huge multi-national firms. The respective packages can be used independently or
fully integrated to provide a comprehensive practice management system.
Small Practice System (SPS): Offers smaller and start-up firms (up to 5 users) a fully integrated
accounts and case management system at an extremely affordable price.
Millennium Solo: A single user accounts system designed for sole practitioners and small firms. Affordable
monthly payment options are available together with clear upgrade options as and when your firm expands.
Millennium Legal Accounts: Provides comprehensive cashier facilities for your accounts department with
a wide range of management accounting reports for senior partners. Automated time recording facilities are
available within the Fee Earner’s Desktop plus user friendly fee earner performance reports.
Solicitor Case Manger: A generic case management system that offers extensive document production and
time recording facilities. It is fully integrated with Microsoft Outlook for task & diary management.
Practice Management System (PMS): A comprehensive practice wide system offering all of the technologically
advanced features the medium to larger firm requires in today’s busy legal office environment.
Weblink: An innovative on-line case tracking facility which allows firms to keep their clients and referrers
fully informed on the progress of their cases 24/7, 365 days a year.
Relay Software Ltd distributes the "Osprey" software provided
by UK legal software supplier Pracctice (see also notes on Pracctice here.)
Osprey is an established and mature product. It is a fully integrated Practice Management System, which
includes comprehensive accounts, time recording, document management as well as case management.
Osprey Web Publisher will also allow firms to offer online case tracking.
A full management suite of reports are available, with an additional custom report designer.
Osprey is integrated with Microsoft Outlook for central diary. Relay have offices in Belfast and Dublin.
